Monday, March 29, 2010

Hey Now They Call Me The Breeze! Today's forecast~Dark and stormy days night


When the air is liquid and the storm comes in,
And the soul drifts & soars away.
Singing hey hey diddle ~ diddle hey ~ diddle hey,
Singing high high diddle ~ diddle aye!

You know you are so little,
With a gale forced wind,
And the wind takes you far away.
Singing hey hey diddle ~ diddle hey ~ diddle hey,
Singing high high diddle ~ diddle aye!

When the day breaks singing,
And your breath is fresh,
You can see the light of day!
Singing hey hey diddle ~ diddle hey ~ diddle hey,
Singing high high diddle ~ diddle aye!

You can sing with a heart that’s comepletely pleased!
Singing Hip Hip Hip Hooray
Feeling the breeze!

©Allisonians


Photo courtesy of;
dostoyreflects.blogspot.com/2009_11_01_archiv...

Sunday, March 28, 2010

BUTTER- IMPORTANT !!! Naturally, or more close to natural than margarine anyway.


This was emailed to me. Interestingly enough the Mayo Clinic says quite the opposite. So you will have to decide for yourself. Will research, it's on my list. I, myself, like butter, and oliver oil. Use it sparingly which ever you use. Allisonian

 Margarine was originally manufactured to fatten turkeys.. When it killed the turkeys, the people who had put all the money into the research wanted a payback so they put their heads together to figure out what to do with this product to get their money back..

It was a white substance with no food appeal so they added the yellow coloring and sold it to people to use in place of butter. How do you like it? They have come out with some clever new flavorings..

DO YOU KNOW.. The difference between margarine and butter?
Read on to the end...gets very interesting!
Both have the same amount of calories.
Butter is slightly higher in saturated fats at 8 grams; compared to 5 grams for margarine.
Eating margarine can increase heart disease in women by 53% over eating the same amount of butter, according to a recent Harvard Medical Study.
Eating butter increases the absorption of many other nutrients in other foods.
Butter has many nutritional benefits where margarine has a few and
only because they are added!
Butter tastes much better than margarine and it can enhance the flavors of other foods.
Butter has been around for centuries where margarine has been around for less than 100 years .

And now, for Margarine..
Very High in Trans fatty acids.
Triples risk of coronary heart disease .
Increases total cholesterol and LDL (this is the bad cholesterol) and lowers HDL cholesterol, (the good cholesterol)
Increases the risk of cancers up to five times..
Lowers quality of breast milk.
Decreases immune response.
Decreases insulin response.

And here's the most disturbing fact.... THIS IS THE PART THAT IS VERY INTERESTING!
Margarine is but ONE MOLECULE away from being PLASTIC.... and shares 27 ingredients with PAINT

These facts alone were enough to have me avoiding margarine for life and anything else that is hydrogenated (this means hydrogen is added, changing the molecular structure of the substance).

You can try this yourself:
Purchase a tub of margarine and leave it open in your garage or shaded area. Within a couple of days you will notice a couple of things:
No flies, not even those pesky fruit flies will go near it (that should tell you something)
it does not rot or smell differently because it has no nutritional value ; nothing will grow on it. Even those teeny weeny microorganisms will not a find a home to grow. Why? Because it is nearly plastic . Would you melt your Tupperware and spread that on your toast?

Pass the BUTTER PLEASE~~~

The Gap & Microfiction Monday Hosted by Stoney River


From Stoney River Susan: Microfiction means the shortest of short stories. Think Aesop's fables, comic strips, or even jokes: complete stories that can be told in under a minute. For this game, the limit is a tweetable 140 characters or fewer.
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Too Bridge


Too Bad We don't have more...
for walking,
talk,
rest,
& considering.
Wall construction these days.
Needed; bridges 4all

©Allisonians

Saturday, March 27, 2010

Saturday Night Flipp, but not really and here is what I know bout my old fav Norske author R. Dahl


I shouldn’t say I despised them as much as I didn’t understand them. The first ones I really remember reading were Charlie and The Chocolate Factory and such. And when the movie with Gene Wilder opened in 1971, I wasn’t interested. I didn’t like Gene in that one. I love his late wife Gilda Radner Wilde though, but Gene wasn’t really my style, although, I did laugh at him. Silver Streak and Frankenseen with Bernidette Peters was a hoot.
So, I loved his Matilda.
My children loved his stories, but I must admit, I didn’t read them Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. I guess that’s just the way it goes with bias’.
So, the BFG, what a curious tale, and one of my childrens’ favorites of his. As was The Twits, The Gremlins, and basically all of them.
Also,
After reading Going Solo, I read Boy (kind of backwards).
I read only parts to the children, being these were girls, they were really young at that time and looking at some of the issues that Roald had to deal with at his very young age wasn’t something I did through his books then. For one thing, they were girls in a different era. They weren’t wanting to read them their selves, so that was that.

Roald’s Mom died giving birth to his younger sister. (I read these 12 years ago, or so. So, If I have a fact wrong, I am sorry, I'll check, but I am pretty sure this is accurate, or close)
His father went and married another woman to help raise his children.
Roald’s sister caught Pneumonia and died. His father caught it too, and was so bereaved that he couldn’t fight the disease and died.
His step mother raised him. She moved them to England from Norway because of Roald’s Father’s wishes to get them the best education money could buy.
There he was beaten. I think that is where the BFG aspired.
He talked of the candy that was akin to drugs, tis true, ‘sugar high’ and add other specifics and wah lah!
He talked of his 'ancient' step sister and the car they bought. The first time they went out in it they wrecked and it about cut off his nose.
Later, when he was grown up(his Going Solo story)(but probably not that much older), he went to Africa to work for Shell Oil. He spoke of travel on an ocean liner. One fellow who liked to, jogged in the nude in the mornings. One woman who ate her oranges with a knife and fork saying that your fingers were the dirtiest things, and of meeting these ‘movers and shakers’ on a ship like that being stuck with them really taught you something.
He told some amazing stories about Africa, then the war broke out and he was instantly a commander for the RAF and WOW what tales he had then. First, he had to stop the German’s, who were now POWs. Then he decided to become a fighter pilot, trained and on his maiden assignment, well off with his nose again! So, you may think I have ruined the stories about his life now, but there is so much more in those teeny tiny books. Just like all of his other little stories, they are chalk a block with fascinating and educating matters. Matters of fact, matters of the heart, of life lived and lost and all of the in between. Being a man of his generation; I think he was as one with himself as any one man could be. Hoorah for Roald! He made a girl, and young woman understand life just a little bit more. With life now being more closely related with our earth and her seasons, the stars and stratosphere, I am in need to reflect in the manner, looking at the matters in my life and that of my clan. Taking tea times and dandelion times and saying good bye to my closest link to the next generation. She is an amazingly wonderful young person, I am truly blessed by all of my clan and relations with the human race. I am sorry if I don't sound my gracious and grateful, I am.

Namesta!

©Allisonians


Some Resources and stuff


Gipsy House is where Roald Dahl lived with his family in Buckinghamshire, England.
http://www.roalddahlfans.com/gipsyhouse.php


Do you live in England or are you planning a visit sometime soon? You definitely need to visit The Roald Dahl Children's Gallery in Aylesbury.

Story List
The BFG
The BFG, Matilda, and George's Marvelous Medicine
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator
The Compete Adventures of Charlie and Mr Willy Wonka
Danny, the Champion of the World
The Enormous Crocodile
Esio Trot
Fantastic Mr. Fox
George's Marvelous Medicine
The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me
The Gremlins
James and the Giant Peach
The Magic Finger
Matilda
The Minpins
The Twits
The Vicar of Nibbleswicke
The Witches


Photo of Roald's Mama's cottage link below; tick the title to go there
http://www.roalddahlfans.com/pictures/picture1.php
During WWII Sophie and her daughters moved here to escape the German bombings in London and eastern England. When Roald returned home from duty in the Royal Air Force in 1941 he at first had no idea where to find his family. Their eventual reunion is described by Dahl on the last page of his autobiography

Roald Dahl And His Curious Tales


He wrote some weird stories that in my youth I despised. I just couldn't put my finger on it, yet was intrigued.
In my young motherhood, I found his autobiographies.
It was a case of judging a book by it's cover and wondering
What made him write so?
The book I chose was Going Solo.
I haven't seen that cover for it since, but that original book I found had the front cover of a beautiful, and I mean BEAUTIFUL, man;
While on the back was a distortion not unlike
A Picasso, yet darker like Van Gogh.
Within it's pages were the truths that explained why
Roald wrote such strange stories. I will write more about it later.
My grand niece has arrived and would like it very much if we
Would go outside and have tea in the three story playhouse out back.
Thank goodness I have found the rest of our ancient tea sets.
©Allisonians
Tootles

Have a glorious day!

Slug Bread and Beheaded Thistles


I wanted to use one of the book's insights as a Saturday Morning Post, but the whole book is so interesting, I couldn't pick just one this morning and am reading the whole 120 pages again in full with it's Inconclusion, it's moving.
This book is a conservative look at conservative ideals and remedies that are reused, non-toxic, and such. Some is for 'wow' effect and historic, most is practical and comical techniques we all can adopt. Ellen Sandbeck shows environmentally safe and developing ways to help our world get off the poisons our culture uses. She believes humor is a key, as well as, wit. She explains about "garden helpers, making toad homes (simply turn over a flower pot and sink it a little)," natural pest control, and safer marketed cleaners. I personally recommend not buying any of that stuff, and learn to boil water, make our own soaps and cleaners and the like. It is a lot of work to be environmentally friendly, but commerce counts on us thinking that you know!
Ellen believes that "Laughter is the best medicine, and so are Dandelions."
AND THAT

"We need a new attitude if we are to excel in the "human versus pests" game; we need to recover our sense of humor and realize that a worm in an apple is not life=threatening, and that nobody ever died of having dandelions in a lawn. We need all the laughs we can get in our dealings with pests, or we will be deadly serious all the way to the cemetery."
She talks of DDT, and exorcism but not in the same sentence. Made you look. Anyway, it's a great addition to your library's garden section; at least it is for my library. Wouldn't exorcise it for the world. Always good to have a tickle and a nickel where pest control, and the toxic commercial remedies out there, are concerned. So, it's time to go look at the dirt for signs of life. I can't wait for the lights to come on. Just joking, open, open, open~~~

©Allisonians

Friday, March 26, 2010

Oh, One More Thing, and Then I HAVE To Go



Nature Photo of the Week: The Food Chain

Courtesy of; NonProfitBlogs & Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park
Didn’t your mother ever tell you to eat with your mouth closed? This hungry pelican was snapped by Flickr user glasshalffull91 at Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park in Gainesville,…

ticking the title will redirect you there for the full article.
TGIF

The Adventures of the Outrageous Dancing Budha


Tick the title to be redirected to this interesting site refered to me by v gardening.
TQ
Have a great spring!
Now it's go out and play ya' all!
TGIF

Spring Smash

Oh, Spring you are elusive!
How fast a day can go when played in your presence.
My children are grown,
They are in the spring of thier lives and
Their lives are busy and bright!
Thank you!

Just want to slow down and sing!
Listen to the birds and the bees
Rain and the Trees!
Have a brilliant season.
The spring smash has truly begun.


©Allisonians

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Violin and Guitar Pablo Picasso



"All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up."
-Pablo Picaso

Monday, March 22, 2010

Navy Poster Proppa


From Stoney River Susan: Microfiction means the shortest of short stories. Think Aesop's fables, comic strips, or even jokes: complete stories that can be told in under a minute. For this game, the limit is a tweetable 140 characters or fewer.



My Aesop Entry;

First Time, Big City! Mahattan, So Ho, The Empire State Building; focus & see! So grounded~Now this! Chose wisely to see it ‘all’ first.

©Allison

Good Morning Princes and Princesses of Rome, Lords of New England!



A morning of Hot Apple Cidar, and silly sayings remembered and knowing it's Spring Time! SMILES EVERYBODY! This is your one chance for happiness. This is your one moment. The oneness must be lived! Have a great Monday!
©Allisonians


May the road rise up to meet you, may the wind be ever at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face and the rain fall softly on your fields. And until we meet again, may God hold you in the hollow of his hand. ~Irish Blessing

Sunday, March 21, 2010

It's The Bees Knees~~~My Love of Bees and My Little Visit and Our Planetary Friends



Bees, Sun and Saturn;
March is House Searching Months for Wild Bees.

So, I think this means that if you see them look like they are wandering, they are. I think Bees are amazing. I want to do a report and start journalizing more on these. Last year we bought Mason Bee Tubes. We Built a house for them. I don't think they used it. I will research and be adding my journal enteries as such.
Mason Bees, Bumble Bees are my main study. They are really interesting and vital to our lives, as are all plants, bugs, and animals where balance is concerned.
©Allisonians


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LKF
Bees can’t see red light, but unlike us they can make their way through the world guided by ultraviolet radiation.
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This Article is from this link
intoxicatedzodiac.com/.../


The workaholic honey bee is certainly one of saturn’s capricornian minions. pay homage to the hardest working insect of the zodiac and enjoy this classic tipple. bees are like any other capricorn… without them… the world would grind to a halt. the goat, or bee, sees to it that things happen, deadlines get met, honey gets made, savings accounts are opened, combs of honey are stored for winter, ect. so thank your fellow capricorn next time you get the chance for keeping the spokes of our big world wheel turning.

Capricorn at Pluto ( 275° 11' 2")
Pluto is the planet of deep, impersonal energies and transforming forces. In a natal chart, the aspects and position of Pluto indicate areas of life in which the subject is capable of making fundamental changes, for better or for worse.
I believe, feeling, duality, spirituality, soul growth, suffering, artistic, overly emotional, feet. Do Bees feel? Aren't we all of the planet? Do they know?~~~

don’t forget to also thank the honey bee by:
***planting a garden (yes one plant on your city rooftop does count),
***buying organic produce (and avoiding GM foods like corn, white rice, papaya. unfortunately, the only way to be sure you are avoiding GM foods is to buy organic due to the absence of government required labeling)
***minimizing your use of pesticides (rethink your lawn care and try going au natural. or practice integrated pest management)
***limiting the use of your cell phone (and all other wireless devices. FYI, these are also bad for us.)
***for the very ambitious among us, raising a hive. it’s not as hard as it sounds, and can be quite meditative.)
***taking government action: read here on how germany just outlawed several pesticides. (god forbid the US could so something as intelligent and progressive as that.)

SAVE THE BEES KNEES
2 oz organic gin
3/4 oz organic honey syrup*
1/2 oz fresh organic lemon juice

*make honey syrup by mixing equal parts hot water and honey. stir until dissolved.
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Now a little information on our planetary friends;
Thursday March 25, the Sun and Saturn will parallel - aligning at 2 degrees north of the celestial Equator.
The only time that the Sun and Saturn can make this kind of polarity at the beginning of spring is every 29+ years when Saturn is located in airy Libra.

Friday, March 19, 2010

The Swallows of San Juan Capistrano



Back from winter vacation in Argentina

The famous cliff swallows of San Juan Capistrano, that leave town every year in a swirling mass near the Day of San Juan (October 23), are returning from their winter vacation spot 6,000 miles south in Goya, Corrientes, Argentina.

They land at the mission in San Juan, California, on or around St. Joseph's Day, March 19, to the ringing bells of the old church and a crowd of visitors from all over the world who are in town awaiting their arrival and celebrating with a huge fiesta as well as a parade.

Seeking Solace in the Mission

Legend has it that the swallows took refuge in the Mission San Juan Capistrano from an irate innkeeper who destroyed their muddy nests. The swallows return to the old ruined church each spring knowing they will be protected within the mission's walls. In fact, the city has taken their safety seriously passing an ordinance against destroying their nests.

So-called "scout swallows" precede the main flock each year by a few days but the majority of the small birds usually arrives on the 19th and begins rebuilding the mud nests that cling to the ruins of the old stone church and throughout the Capistrano Valley.

The Oldest Building in California


The mission, originally built from 1776–1806, was seriously damaged in 1812 by a deadly earthquake and was never fully rebuilt. It is the seventh in a chain of 21 California Missions all supposedly separated by the distance of a day's walk. The Mission was named for the Crusader, Saint John of Capistrano, who had taken the name of his Italian birthplace. Padre Junipero Serra was a Spanish Franciscan priest who founded the church on November 1, 1776, and the adobe Serra Chapel section of the mission has been rebuilt and it is now the oldest building in California still in use today.

The mission is located near two rivers and was an ideal spot for the swallows to nest for years because of the abundance of the insects on which they feed. The reduction in numbers of the insects, largely as a result of the development of the area, has caused some of the swallows to locate further from the center of town and explains why there are no longer huge clouds of swallows descending on the Mission. Still, it's quite a sight.

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Temple of the Blue Moon~Among the Mighty Cedar Trees~




Paradise Amongst the trees
What would sleep feel like?
So cozy, imagine, carefree,
And all in amazing sight!
Beautiful fantasy Erez~
To have slept amongst the trees
In respect of the cedar,
What delight from their fresh
Strength and bouquet enlight!
Allison


"Imagination is more important
than knowlegde." Albert Einstein
But, knowledge built the tree house to dream/imagine in!


Pete Nelson is a rare triple threat: a writer, photographer and a treehouse builder. Nelson is also an architect and contractor, as well as a family man, and he has spearheaded a growing treehouse revival that inspires the kid in all of us. Nelson's latest book, New Treehouses of the World, takes us on a fantastical voyage through secret hideouts and dream forts, from Long Island to Thailand and many places in between.
Nelson, who designs and builds the playful structures through his Seattle-based company TreeHouse Workshop, Inc., believes they help children and adults alike reconnect with nature, as well as enjoy family time. Nelson encourages us to "let go of earthbound encumbrances and be free." Continue to see some of the world's most freeing spaces.



Read more: http://www.thedailygreen.com/green-homes/latest/treehouse-photos-460310#ixzz0iS1ohOHO

Saturday, March 13, 2010

Benne Seed Cookies~~~~Guess they're good, they're fantastic!



Although, in the photo, Ginger Snaps on the top left, are my absolute favorite and on the goodie menu for this week, Benne Seed Cookies are heaven on earth, the lower cookie in the photo is another family favorite, The Oatmeal. YUMMY THREE~~~



Benne Seed Cookies
1 C Benne Seed
1 ½ C packed Brown Sugar
1 C flour
¼ teaspoon Baking Powder
¼ teaspoon salt
¾ C butter
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
375 degree oven
Toast seeds for 10 to 12 minutes.
Mix all ingredients. Drop dough by ½ teaspoon 1 ½ inches apart. Bake until brown, 4 to 6 minutes. Cool 30 seconds before removing from the baking sheet.
They are so good!
Old Betty Crocker out did their self here!


©Allisonians

The Dream, The Carpet, and The Maker



Christine asks that you mention her dolls are copywrit, and to link back to her website. I have on the second photo. I will add the rest tomorrow.


Thank you for your amazing craft.
I enjoyed it so much!

The Rest


riding, dreaming; the ultimate test


The last is first
And the first is last.
Like looking through the
Looking glass.
Written by
©Allisonians ;)

the carpet



Sylvia just before the Ride; was she prepared, yet~~Dreaming?

The Enchantment~~~
Her hope is in the bag.
Magic, love, imagination
Her Journey,
Her flight to freedom.
Life, love, liberty.
Around and around she goes.
The sign, symbol
What mystery is in that lookin glass?
Joy, passion, leaving
Behind that which is gone~~~
Writtten by
©Allisonians

by Christine Alverado

Du Buh Du Designs; The Magic Carpet Ride




These are incredible. Sylvia was a give-away doll. By Artisan Christine Alvarado. I love this quote on her blog header;


"And the day came when the risk it took to remain tight inside a bud was more painful than the risk it took to bloom" Anais Nin

Christine has an amazing Frida Kahlo doll and many more, very interesting and inspiring

Friday, March 12, 2010

And The Sign said Long-Haired Freaky People Need Not Apply




Sign, Sign, everywhere a Sign
Blockin' out the scenery, breakin' my mind
Do this, don't do that, can't you read the sign?


Do this, don't do that, can't you read the sign?


So I got me a pen and paper and I made me my own little sign!

One of my personal life long favorite's, Bytown~Ottawa, Ontario~ Canadien~ Les Habitants~ Dream Voices (and I am a party to harmony, if that wasn't clear; and to obvious retorical questions like this song invoked in me in my childhood. Kids and questions, then top it off with people singing about how things might be questionable, makes you think?)
The Five Man Electrical Band's 1971 hit 'Signs', what were they thinkin'?

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Little Alters


Consider the word Alter,
Alter
Change
Adjust
Modify
Vary, {very weary}
Amend
Revise
Rework
Correct
{Free dictionary
Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin alterare, from Latin alter other (of two); akin to Latin alius other — more at ELSE}
Date: 14th century
Maybe some consideration of others, and revisions of thought and deed need retrospective, or introspective reflection, No?
Happy Censorship weeks!
©Allisonians

Monday, March 8, 2010

Fish Soup~~ Yum!!!

Fish soup -- Bisque
1 Cup cooked String Beans, use own juice
1 large onion, chopped
2 stalks celery and leaves, diced fine
1 green or red pepper, diced fine
2 Cups fresh or canned shrimp, crab, lobster (I am using Alaskan Cod, I don't eat shell fish)
1 bay leaf, crushed
1 clove garlic, minced
1 teaspoon crushed anise or dill seed (I use dill 'cause I have it) &
Grated Zucchini, enough of make soup thick (I use one small one)

Cook all ingredients until well done. Add seafood and boil for two to three minutes, of just until seafood is heated. This soup should be think as a bisque. If not as think as you desire, just grate more zucchini very fine and pour into soup before adding fish.
This is a Protein Flesh soup. Sorry… no bread or tomato. However, leave out seafood and you may have bread or steamed rice.
From Proper Food Combining COOKBOOK by Lee DuBelle

Sunday, March 7, 2010

Food Combining/Digestion Chart


Ticking the title redirects to a printable food combining chart. Here is the link to the below article from the Internal Health Library;
http://www.internethealthlibrary.com/DietandLifestyle/Food_combining.htm

It is commonly believed that the human stomach should be able to digest any number of different foods at the same time. However, digestion is governed by physiological chemistry. It is not what we eat that is crucial to our health, but what we digest and assimilate.

Digestive enzymes
Digestive enzymes are secreted in very specific amounts and at very specific times. Different food types require different digestive secretions. Carbohydrate foods require carbohydrate-splitting enzymes, whereas protein foods require protein splitting enzymes, etc. It is the knowledge of the digestive process that has led many health practitioners to promote efficient food combining, the rules of which are briefly explained below:

1. Carbohydrate foods and acid foods should not be eaten at the same meal. Do not eat bread, rice or potatoes with lemons, limes, oranges, grapefruits, pineapples, tomatoes or other sour fruits. This is because the enzyme, ptyalin, acts only in an alkaline medium; it is destroyed even by a mild acid! Fruit acids not only prevent carbohydrate digestion, but they also produce a fermentation. Oxalic acid, for example, diluted to one part in 10,000 completely arrests the action of ptyalin. And, there is enough acetic acid in one teaspoon of wine vinegar to completely halt salivary digestion. Dr Percy Howe of Harvard Medical School states:


"Many people who cannot eat oranges at a meal derive great benefit from eating them fifteen to thirty minutes before the meal". Herbert Sheldon, author of 'The science and fine art of food and nutrition' reports: " I have put hundreds of patients , who have told me that they could not eat oranges or grapefruit, upon a diet of these fruits and they found that they could take them. Such people are in the habit of taking these foods with a breakfast of cereal, with cream and sugar, egg on toast, stewed prunes and coffee, or some similar meal."
Tomatoes should also never be combined with starchy food as the combination of the various acids in the tomato, which are intensified on cooking, are very much opposed to the alkaline digestion of starches. They may be eaten with leafy vegetables and fat foods.

What all this tends to mean is that people who say they cannot eat oranges or grapefruit as it gives them gas, could be blaming the fruit, when the problem may lie with the escape of starches and the bodies release of pancreatic juice and intestinal enzymes to break them down.

In cases where there is hyperacidity of the stomach there is great difficulty digesting starches. Fermentation and poisoning of the body occurs along with much discomfort. This is because the digestion of carbohydrates (starches and sugars) and of protein is so different, that when they are mixed in the stomach they interfere with the digestion of each other. An acid process (gastric digestion) and an alkaline process (salivary digestion) can not be carried on at the same time in an ideal way in the stomach. Before long, they cannot proceed at all , as the rising acidity of the stomach soon completely stops carbohydrate digestion. The highest efficiency in digestion demands that we eat in such a way as to offer the least hindrance to the work of digestion.

2. Do not eat a concentrated protein and a concentrated carbohydrate at the same meal. This means do not eat nuts, meat, eggs, cheese, or other protein foods at the same meal with bread, cereals, potatoes, sweet fruits. Cakes, etc. Candy and sugar greatly inhibit the secretion of gastric juice and markedly delay digestion and if consumed in large quantities can depress the stomach activity.

3. Do not eat two concentrated proteins at the same meal. Avoid nuts and meat, or eggs and meat, cheese and nuts, cheese and eggs, meat and milk, or eggs and milk or nuts at milk at the same meal. Milk, if taken at all, is best taken alone. The reason for avoiding eating these combinations is because each protein requires a specific character and strength of digestive juice to be secreted. Eggs require different timing in stomach secretions than do either meat or milk.

4. Do not eat fats with proteins. This means do not use cream, butter, oil, etc with meat, eggs, cheese, nuts, etc. Fat depresses the action of the gastric glands by delaying the development of appetite juices and inhibiting the pouring out of the proper gastric juices for meats, nuts, eggs or other protein. Fats may lower the entire gastric tone more than fifty per cent.

5. Do not eat acid fruits with proteins. This is to say, oranges, tomatoes, lemons, pineapples, etc., should not be eaten with meat, eggs, cheese or nuts. Acid fruits seriously hamper protein digestion and results in putrefaction. Milk and orange juice, while by no means an indigestible combination, is far from a good combination. Orange juice and eggs form an even worse combination.

6. Do not consume starch and sugars together. Jellies, jams, fruit, butter, sugar, honey, syrups, molasses, etc., on bread, cake, or at the same meal with cereals, potatoes, etc., or sugar with cereal, will produce fermentation. The practice of eating starches that have been disguised by sweets is also a bad way to eat carbohydrates. If sugar is taken into the mouth it quickly fills with saliva but no ptyalin is present which we know is essential for starch digestion.

7. Eat but one concentrated starch food at a meal. This rule is more important as a means of overeating than as a means of avoiding a bad combination. While overeating of starches may lead to fermentation, there is no certainty that the combination of two starches will do so.

8. Do not consume melons with any other foods. Watermelon, muskmelon, honeydew melon, cantaloupe and other melons should always be eaten alone. This is possibly due to the ease and speed in which melons decompose.

9. Milk is best taken alone or let alone. Milk is the natural food of the mammalian young, each species producing milk peculiarly and precisely adapted to the needs of its young. It is the rule that the young take the milk alone, not in combination with other foods. Milk does not digest in the stomach, but in the duodenum, hence in the presence of milk the stomach does not respond with its secretion. The use of acid fruits with milk does not cause any trouble and apparently does not conflict with its digestion.

A suggested combination of meals is included in the following plan of eating three meals a day :

Breakfast
Fruit. Any fruit in season may be used. It is suggested that not more than three fruits be used at a meal, as, for example, grapes, well ripened bananas and an apple. It is well to have an acid fruit breakfast one morning and a sweet breakfast the next. In season breakfast may be made of melons. In the winter months, one or two dried fruits such as figs, dates, raisins, prunes, etc., may be substituted for the fresh fruit.

Lunch
A large raw vegetable salad of lettuce, celery, and one or two other raw vegetables plus avocado and alfalfa sprouts or nut and seeds. As an alternative, a vegetable salad (omitting tomatoes), one cooked green vegetable and a starch.

Dinner
A large raw vegetable salad (if nuts or cottage cheese are to be used as the protein, tomatoes may be used in this salad), two cooked non-starchy vegetables and a protein.

Fat meats, sour apples, beans, peanuts, peas, cereals, bread and jam, or hot cakes and honey or syrup, are notoriously slow in digestion and are frequent sources of discomfort and putrescent poisoning.

If the body’s reserves are carefully hoarded they will carry us well beyond the hundred year mark with youthful enthusiasm and zest. Their depletion is one of the most common calamities of modern life. The alkaloids and alcohols, with which gastro-intestinal decomposition charges our bodies, rob us of our reserves, greatly weaken our vital resistance and sooner or later produce a state of physiological collapse.

Thursday, March 4, 2010

I believe, I believe

I have studied proper food combining for years. In study, I mean, I am the case. I have done what Mike says in the previous article here. But when it comes to eating fruit before a meal, I would take care to see how you feel after. I may be able, in the immediate future, find the article on the food digestion table.
One thing to consider when eating a whole fruit before each meal is that you may want to then wait about 30 minutes, or not consume a vegetable right after.
I have also heard, though, that fruit is any plant (fruit, vegie) that contains seeds. I'll have to look that up too, to confirm.
It is good to consider then research as I know many of you do.
Just sayin'~~~
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Eat More, but eat well~~~Thanks Mike


Yum! Soup! Always in the Soup
3 tomatoes, one zucchini, 1/4 onion, one alvacado, one clove garlic, 2 tablespoons honey~VERY YUMMY




NaturalNews) Can you really heal yourself by eating more food? It seems counterintuitive, but in this article -- part eleven of our 15-day self-healing series -- I'm going to share with you how eating more food can actually be a powerful tool in accelerating your body's own natural healing potential.

But there's a catch, of course: It's not about eating more junk food, processed food or factory-made food. Eating more of that stuff would only promote more disease of course. It's about eating more of some specific foods and superfoods I'm going to share with you in detail right here.

The whole point of this "heal yourself by eating MORE" approach is to chill out and get away from the "avoid everything" trap that becomes a psychological obstacle for a lot of people who are trying to improve their health. The demands to avoid everything can seem intimidating and repetitive: Avoid cheese, avoid sugar, avoid diet sodas, avoid processed meat, avoid MSG, etc. For many people, the list of things to avoid becomes so large and confusing that they just give up trying to be healthier.

So I've advocated a totally different approach that's focused on eating more of the right kinds of things and worrying less about all the other stuff. You might call it a more balanced, relaxed approach to healthful living for a more mainstream audience.

But how does it work? How does eating MORE food actually help heal your body?

How eating more promotes real healing

Here's how: There's a physical limit of how much stuff you can eat in one day. So by adding certain healthy foods and aiming to achieve the goal of eating MORE of those foods, you will automatically end up dropping something else out of your diet without really trying.

For example, one of the action strategies here is to aim to eat three whole fruits per day; one before each meal. So each day, I want you to consume a total of three whole fruits such as apples, pears, peaches, mangos, large plums, etc. But here's the key in all this: You must eat one whole fruit BEFORE each meal.

While you're following this strategy, I don't want you to worry about what to avoid. Eat whatever it is you normally eat, but add three whole fruits per day. (Not dried fruits. They must be fresh, whole fruits of a significant size.)


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Always in the Soup, by Dick Greggory

Banana This; Recycle Old Peels~ fertilizer or silver polish

There are things you can do with that old peel.

1. Do you have a green thumb? House hold plants and outside gardens require fertilization. A great way to give your plants nutrients is with a banana peel. The banana peel is very rich in potassium and phosphorus, which give that added boost to your plants soil, especially so with roses. Here is how to use a banana peel to fertilizer your soil for your plants. Remove the peel from the banana. Place the banana peel on a cookie sheet to let it air dry. Grab a paper bag or envelope. Crumble the dried banana peel and place it in the bag. Let the banana sit at room temperature for about two days. When your caring for your plant, give it a potassium treat of crumbled banana peel. Mix well in the soil to ensure the roots are fed evenly.
2. Have you been thinking about pulling out that old silver? Well there is no time like the present. Bananas peel can also be used to polish silver. Yes, polish silver. Take the old peels and place them in a blender. You want the peels to become smooth and creamy. Once they have, grab a cloth and small amounts of the creamed banana peel and begin polishing your silver. The shine will be breath taking.

SOURDOUGH STARTER with WILD YEAST

SOURDOUGH STARTER with WILD YEAST
Wild yeasts exist in the air around you and to some extent on the wheat berries. There are wild yeasts on grapes (unsulphured) and apples and other fruits. It is those wild yeasts which are 'captured' to make a sourdough starter. The process takes from 3 to 5 days. I wish I had specific amounts for you, but you could start with 1/4 to 1/2 cup of flour and mix in enough warm (not hot) water to make a thin paste. DO NOT make it too soupy. That, in fact, is the trick to a good starter, according to the French bread makers, and I think they should know. And after you've fooled around with the flour and water thing, you might wish to branch out into adding those unsulphured grapes, apples, sour milk, etc as a catalyst in order to capture other strains of yeast. Each of these strains has a slightly different taste. In fact if you move to another area, you might end up with a starter that produces an entirely different flavor. For instance, San Francisco sourdough bread is well known and has a distinct taste due to the wild strains in the air there. On day one you mix the flour and water (and add any catalysts to encourage fermentation) and place in a warm spot. After 3 days, the dough should be moist, inflated, and slightly sour. More flour and water is added (mixed in) and left to sit in a warm spot. After 2 days the process is repeated. Then the next day it is done again. Note the order: 3 days, 2 days, 1 day. At this point you should be able to make a loaf of bread using part of the starter and adding back what you took out in the form of more flour and water. Rule of thumb: Use about 10% starter to size of loaf. In the case of a 2 lb loaf this is a bit over 3 oz of starter (3.2 to be exact). For a 1 lb loaf 1.5 oz would be used. A book that describes this process in great detail is The Village Baker by Joe Ortiz, copyright 1993, published by Ten Speed Press, Berkley CA. If it's not still in print, try the used books stores, that's where I got mine. Or try your local library. If they don't have it, they might be able to get it for you. ©2008 by Ernestina Parziale

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